title: Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm: a rare complication of infective endocarditis.
abstract: Left ventricular (LV) pseudoaneurysm is rare in children. This report describes the case of a 2-year-old previously healthy girl who was diagnosed with endocarditis and underwent resection of a large mitral valve vegetation from the posterior mitral leaflet. One month after this surgery, she was diagnosed with a large LV pseudoaneurysm based on echocardiography performed during routine outpatient follow-up. Cardiac surgery was performed urgently to address the pseudoaneurysm, given its potential to rupture spontaneously. This case emphasizes the need for a close follow-up of children with endocarditis for development of pseudoaneurysms, which is a rare but potentially fatal complication of endocarditis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Arkansas Children's Hospital and University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.
authors.forename: Ritu
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sachdeva
authors.forename: Michiaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Imamura
keywords: aneurysm (aortic; endocarditis; mitral regurgitation (includes all etiologies); mitral valve repair; myocardial; other)